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SORICID.i;. 



Sjrex mnnnin,serpoutavius, soecatin, lUMiiorlvai^iis, hateroJun, niger, 



femi^'hiJiH, awl niDiitauus, Blifth, J. A. S. li. xxiv, |)p. 28-."}± 

 SjrexsiTpentariin, viridesceii?!, soccatus, «/<;/Ljtlei-i, BUjlh,J. A. H. B. 



xxviii, pp. '26\, 2S5. 

 Soi-ex albiniH, iiuiriiuis, grifRthii, serpentariiis, soccatiH, het >rodon, 



and nigcr, Jilyth, Cat. pp. 80, 84. 

 S irex iniiriiuis, nemori vagus, serpeutarius, saturatior, tytleri, niger, 



and soccatus, Jerdon, Mam. pp. oi, 5"), 515, 57. 

 Cro:ndura(Paehyura) blythii.peali.ina, a/uZblanforcUi, Anderson, J. A. 



S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, i)p. 2i>4-2(Jl.). 

 Cro^iduia murina «>w/ niontana ?, Andjrsm, Cat. pp. 180, 19-"J. 



Fig. 65. — Crocidtira nmrina. (From a drawing by Col. Tickell.) 



Teeth in upper jaw 18. Size large, but varyiug considerably. 

 Snout hairy, not much swollen at the sides. Ears large, rounded, 

 almost naked or thinly clad with short hairs. Feet covered witli 

 hair above, the pes or hind foot from the heel about one and a half 

 times the length of the manus or fore fot)t from the wrist ; claws 

 well developed, those of the fore and hind extrt^nities differing but 

 little in size. Tail thick at the base and tapering, varying from |- 

 to I the length of the head and body, thinly covered with short hair, 

 amongst which a few very long hairs are interspersed. Ynv of the 

 body rather coarse. Lateral glands well developed, round. 



The basal cusp of the anterior upper incisor, the third incisor, 

 and the canine are of very nearly the same size ; sometimes the 

 canine is larger than the third incisor, sometimes the two are equal. 

 As a rule, al)out half of the small iirst upper premolar is visible 

 from the outside between the canine and the second preir.olar, but 

 there is some variation. The second upper incisor is approximately 

 of the same height as the middle cusp of the second or large pre- 

 molar. 



Colour either some shade of brown throughout, the lower parts 

 being a little paler and greyer, and the basal portion of (he fur 

 dark slaty, or else dark ashy grey, sometimes l)laclvisli, with more 

 or less develo])ed ferruginous or brown tips to the fur. The brouii 

 form varies from light to very dark blackish brown. The oars, 

 feet, and tail brown, the skin of those parts dusky, not llesh- 

 coloui'ed as in C. aaraleu. 



